Diosdado Mendizábal Mifumu[4] (born 21 October 1997), known as Ricky Mendizábal, is a basketball player who plays as a power forward for Liga EBA club CB Virgen de la Concha. Born in Spain, he plays for the Equatorial Guinea national team.

Ricky Mendizábal
No. 12 – CB Virgen de la Concha
PositionPower forward, center[1][2]
LeagueLiga EBA
Personal information
Born (1997-10-21) 21 October 1997 (age 27)[3]
Zumarraga, Spain
Nationality
  • Equatoguinean
  • Spanish
Listed height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Career history
2016–2017Ointxe! Arrasateko SKE
2017–2018Club Ourense Baloncesto
2018–2019Araberri BC
2020–CB Virgen de la Concha

Early life

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Mendizábal was born in Zumarraga and is of Equatorial Guinean descent.[5]

Club career

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Mendizábal is a Saski Baskonia product. After four youth seasons there, he moved to Ointxe! Arrasateko SKE, where he made his Liga EBA debut.[6]

International career

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Mendizábal has played for the Equatorial Guinea national basketball team in January 2020 at the AfroBasket 2021 qualification (pre-qualifiers group C).[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Ricky Mendizabal". eurobasket. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Diosdado Mendizabal". Club Ourense Baloncesto (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Diosdao MENDIZABAL MIFUMU". FIBA. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. ^ "MENDIZABAL MIFUMU, DIOSDADO". FEB (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  5. ^ a b de la Calle, Isabel (23 January 2020). "El ala-pívot Ricky Mendizabal, nuevo jugador del Caja Rural - Virgen de la Concha". Tribuna Valladolid (in Spanish). Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Sáenz Horeca Araberri ficha a Riky Mendizabal". ACB.COM (in Spanish). 23 August 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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